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OLD FASHIONED BREAD STUFFING FOR
TURKEY
 
1 1/2 cups finely chopped onion
1 1/2 cups finely chopped celery
1/3 cup butter
8 cups dry bread cubes (1/2 inch)
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning
1/2 teaspoon sage
1/4 cup water
1 egg, well beaten

Cook onion and celery in butter in skillet until tender. Add mixture to bread cubes which have been placed in a large pan. Sprinkle with seasonings which have been mixed together. Combine. Add water and egg. Toss together with forks. Stuff thawed bird immediately and roast.

VARIATIONS:

Oyster Stuffing: Add 2 cups oysters, chopped, uncooked or heated in butter, to Bread Stuffing. Combine as for Bread Stuffing.

Chestnut Stuffing: Add 1 cup chopped cooked chestnuts to Bread Stuffing. Combine as for Bread Stuffing.

Cornbread Stuffing: Omit 8 cups dry bread cubes in Bread Stuffing. Add 8 cups crumbled cornbread. Combine as for Bread Stuffing.

Yield: 9 cups (Enough to stuff a 12 pound bird).

Submitted by: CM

recipe reviews
Old Fashioned Bread Stuffing for Turkey
   #51622
 Elizabeth (Pennsylvania) says:
I love this stuffing. It is the best I have ever had. I make my stuffing the same way and I will never use a box stuffing.
   #52231
 Bepsiloca (Washington) says:
Great recipe - so easy to make stuffing from scratch...... Box stuffing is for amateurs.......
 #52596
 Diane (Pennsylvania) says:
This is the best stuffing.. I have used this recipe for years.
 #133933
 Dot Willis (Kentucky) says:
I use my broth from my turkey, make it real wet and cover with foil until done. It will puff up then take the foil off and let it brown.
   #146830
 Patty Morris (Kentucky) says:
Try adding a can of mushroom soup. Makes it more moist & is delicious.
   #146835
 Terri Kaduck (Pennsylvania) says:
This is my stuffing. It's the same stuffing I have been making all my life. Of course I make it in bigger quantities but this is my stuffing exactly. And all my family loves it. It never gets wasted.
   #146912
 Connie Cashmore (California) says:
I am 65 and have been making this recipe since I was 18! It's great, fresh and HEALTHY! Why would you ruin it by putting canned soup in it? Ugh.
 #147022
 Sheila Smith (Florida) says:
I use clams and rosemary.
   #147027
 Motsie (Florida) says:
I make this with 1/2 bread and 1/2 cornbread for the best of both worlds! I also add chicken broth to make it very moist (almost runny) and bake it outside the bird.
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 Libby (Colorado) replies:
Hi Motsue, how long & what temp do you bake yours?
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 Cheryl B. (Kentucky) says:
No other stuffing beats this one! Has been made this way my entire life and generations before. Only difference we do besides making a larger amount is to boil chicken gizzards, saving broth, then cut them finely to add to stuffing mixture plus enough broth to make it almost runny. saving rest of broth to add as needed. plus we also add chopped oysters. Cant wait to eat some tommorrow! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!
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 Karen (New York) says:
This is the same recipe that has been passed down through generations from mother to daughter and mother to daughter again. I always use the gizzards & neck from the turkey which are boiled, chopped and added to the stuffing. The broth from the turkey gizzards is really an added delight that flavors the whole batch... No matter how much I make my family always wants more. The leftovers are fabulous too... Blessings for Thanksgiving.
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 Sharon Griffiths (Illinois) says:
I also use this recipe except I do a small dice on a apple of whatever kind I have at the moment to cook with the celery sausage and onion. It's great helps keep the dressing moist and adds a great flavor to it. I personally prefer one of a sweeter variety.
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 Deb GoatLady (United States) says:
I needed to doubled check the number of eggs .. This is THE same recipe my 'adopted' mom made since I was 18 (I'm now 60) I grew up on an old Sicilian meat stuffing which is to die for great but a real PIA to make.. with just my son and I no need to go through all that trouble. BUT in High School my best friend's mom made this stuffing and I love it.. I started making both.. the meat stuffing for the bird and this one in the oven.. now I just do this one, I never wrote it down and I always forget.. 1 or 2 eggs :) All the other bread stuffing recipes are off. THIS one is exact.. thanks for writing it down and sharing it! NOW I need to remember to write it down for my recipe box.. I like mine somewhat dry.. so I follow this pretty much.. I cook mine in the bird. I use 1to2 loaves of bread toasted in the toaster oven, then break it up for the bread part. Thanks again.. glad I found it! Happy Thanksgiving!
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 LouAnn (Ohio) says:
I make my stuffing with extra chicken broth. I found that with just 1/4 cup of water, it was too dry for some reason.
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 Carolyn Brown (Tennessee) says:
Old Fashioned Dressing is made with broth not water. I usually cook a chicken & have fresh broth for mine. The juicer the mixture the better the dressing.

 

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